Improvement in wheels for furniture-casters



C. B. SHELDON.

Wheels for Furnitur e Casters. No. 140,310. Patentedlune24,1873.

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QEVEDRA B. SHELDON, on \NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN Wi-IEELS FO R FURNITU R E-CASTER S.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 140,310, dated June 24,1873; application tiied May '23, 187 3.

To all whom it may concern:

7 Be it known that I, GEVEDRA B. SHELDON,- of New York, in the county ofNew- York and State of New York, have invented a new and ImprovedFurniture-Caster; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and

exact-description of the same, reference being bad to the accompanyingdrawing forming partof this specification.

in a hearing-tube,O,'while the tread is sup.-

ported by a brace-ring, I). The parts B are struck up in the annularform, having cavity 3* on the inside, flange 1), intermediate web b andtread, I). These parts B B are fitted snugly together over thebrace-ring D and about the tube (3, while the latter is then upset orits ends turned over the flanges b to hold all the parts securelytogether. The three parts B B C will make avery cheap and serviceablewheel, but the durability and maintenance. of the convexity of thetread; surface is greatly enhanced'by the re-e'nforcement afl 'orded bythe brace-ring.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, ,and desire tosecure by Let ters Patent, is

A four-part caster-wheel, formed of two sections, B B, each struck up ofa single piece of metal, having. flanges b b the detachable brace-ring Dand the end-upset tube 0, all,

constructed andput together substantially in the manner set forth.

OEVEDRA B. SHELDON.

Witnesses: D. A. COBB,

WM. W. CRIST-

